 It is great to be here with you all today. I think many of you probably watch our legends commercial this year There's a little phrase in there and the phrase says there is a formula for success and today We heard that formula for success and that formula for success as a result of your Intentional approach how we recruit great students Growing research that we're doing in our campus what you're doing to make sure that your teaching is relevant To our students and then just how this community Serves our state serves our nation and serves our world our formula for success We heard today begins with each one of you that are here today and all those faculty and staff across this campus Thank you for what you do Thank you for the way you give for the way that you were dedicated To further define our process of being great at the University of Alabama Together we'll continue to witness records being broken Students lives being changed and the progress that we made through research and innovation on this campus And excellence is our only benchmark in what we strive for